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(More customer reviews)Unlike other project management books which I left largely unread on my bookshelf, I enjoyed going through this book from cover to cover. It provided very practical advice that are compact and to the point: focus on the customer, plan, communicate widely and often, prioritize, celebrate success, ...
What's great about this book is the style in which it's delivered.The real world stories, annecdotes, famous quotes and the author's unique sense of humor to illustrate the points and make them more memorable.E.g., on the need for clear goals: "When I was young, I always wanted to BE somebody when I grew up.I just wish I'd been more specific." (Lily Tomlin); on the need to prioritize: "What to do if you must choose between your heart, your lungs, and your kidneys?"; on the gap between knowledge and action:"Common Sense is NOT common practice"; and on keeping a positive attitude: "Success consists of going from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm." (Winston Churchill).
The book also provides a set of checklists, sample diagrams and templates to be used in managing the project and communicating with the team and executives. I find the use of ranges for time estimates particularly useful, since it reflects the uncertain nature of project estimates a bit more accurately than a single number.
While this book isn't the most comprehensive project management book, it does cover the major points to help achieve success.If you're a team lead, project or functional manager, this book will arm you with valuable insights and motivate you to avoid common and deadly project pitfalls.I only wished I had followed many of the advice in the book.It's too late for me, but you can still save yourself by reading and following it :-).
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Projects are MESSY! From the minute the project begins, all manner of changes, surprises and disasters befall them. Unfortunately most of these are PREDICTABLE and AVOIDABLE.
Tact and diplomacy can only get you so far in the wild and wacky world of project work. A combination of outrageous creativity, sheer bravado and nerves of steel will serve you far better than any fancy-schmancy Microsoft Project Gantt chart!
'Scrappy Project Management' is about what REALLY happens in the project environment, how to survive it, and how to make sure that your team avoids the predictable and avoidable pitfalls that every project faces.
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Yup, I've been "ripped" by academics for not making it more complicated and nuanced, but this is what really happened in MY real world at least. And I don't see any reason to create a fancy schmancy theory when a simple approach will work as well or better. Hey, I'm a physicist! I have a masters in physics and a double major bachelors in chemistry and physics. If a more complicated solution would work better I'd sure as heck use it! But the fact is that these 12 predictable and avoidable pitfalls continue to undermine the success of project teams all over the world. Let's get busy eradicating these causes of failure so we can move on to new and more exciting ones!
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